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Ministry of Power
STATUS OF IMPORT OF COAL FOR BLENDING IN THERMAL POWER PLANTS WITH STATES REVIEWED
SHRI R. K. SINGH ADVISES STATES TO PLACE ORDERS FOR COAL IMPORT
DOMESTIC COAL WOULD BE SUPPLIED TO ALL GENCOS IN PROPORTION TO THE COAL RECEIVED FROM COAL COMPANIES
TAMIL NADU AND MAHARASHTRA HAVE PLACED ORDERS FOR COAL IMPORT
PUNJAB AND GUJARAT ARE IN THE ADVANCED STAGE OF FINALISING TENDERS
STATES NEED TO TAKE ACTIONS TO ENSURE COAL SUPPLY TO POWER PLANTS BY ENSURING OFF-TAKE IN RAIL-CUM-ROAD  MODE: POWER MINISTER
Shri. R.K. Singh, Union Minister of Power & NRE reviewed the status of import of coal for blending in the thermal power plants with the States. Secretary  Shri Alok Kumar, Senior officials of the State Governments, and Gencos were present in the meeting held virtually yesterday. The Minister highlighted the importance of importing coal for blending in the thermal power plants, in view of the constraints in domestic coal supply to meet the increased demand. The states were advised to place orders for import of coal for blending purpose so that the additional coal reaches power plants from the month of May 2022 itself. Hon’ble Minister stated that the domestic coal would be supplied to all GENCOS in proportion to the coal received from coal companies. He further advised the States to increase the output from the captive mines to meet their coal requirements which will help in reducing the burden on the linkage coal. He emphasized that States need to take actions to ensure coal supply to their power plants by ensuring off-take in the Rail-cum-Road  mode to meet the shortfall in coal requirement at their power plants and stated that in the event of States not lifting the RCR coal it would be de-allocated and offered to other States and the concerned States would be responsible for any shortages and consequent power-shortages in their States.
As per the data presented by CEA in the meeting, it was noted that the States of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have placed orders for the import of coal, while Punjab and Gujarat are in the advanced stage of finalisation of the tenders; and the other States need to put extra efforts to import the coal for blending at their power plants in time. The States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh are in the process of issuing the tenders. Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand have not yet issued tender or taken any significant actions for the import of coal and were advised to take necessary actions to ensure coal supply to their power plants.
The Status of RCR was also deliberated upon and it was seen that the progress of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on lifting the allotted coal was not satisfactory. These states were advised to expedite lifting this coal, failing which this RCR coal would be allocated to other GENCOS which need it.
Prime Minister's Office
PM urges people to take part in exciting competitions on Cheetahs
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has urged people to take part in three exciting contests on Cheetahs available on MyGov website.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"While we eagerly await seeing the Cheetahs, here are three exciting contests on MyGov in which I urge you to take part…
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Prime Minister's Office
PM celebrates Gold medal by Squash Men's Team at Asian Games 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Squash Men's Team of Saurav Ghosal, Abhay Singh, Harinder Sandhu and Mahesh Mangaokar on winning the Gold medal at Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou.
The Prime Minister posted on X:
“Congratulations to our Squash Men's Team of the talented Saurav Ghosal, Abhay Singh, Harinder Sandhu and Mahesh Mangaokar on a spectacular victory at the Asian Games and bringing home the coveted Gold Medal. This effort will inspire so many young athletes to pursue sports and excel in it. India is delighted!
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
17.86 km long Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake - Shiv Viharsection of Delhi Metro Pink Line opens for public---boon for Eastern & Northern Fringes of National Capital
Delhi Metro Network has now become 314 kilometres long with 229 metro stations
All major corridors under Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 expected to be opened by December 2018
The 17.86 km long Shiv Vihar–TrilokpuriSanjay Lake section of the 59 km long Majlis Park - Shiv Vihar corridor  of Phase 3, also known as the Pink Line is now ready for passenger operations. It was inaugurated here today by Minister of State  for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Manish Sisodia. Transport Minister of Delhi Shri Kailash Gahlot, Member of Parliament Shri Manoj Tiwari, Secretary MoHUA Shri Durga Shankar Mishra, MD of DMRC Shri Mangu Singh andsenior officials were present also on the occasion.
This stretch will be a major boon for the eastern and northern fringes of the national capital. Three interchange facilities at Welcome , Karkarduma and Anand Vihar ISBT  will tremendously boost the connectivity of areas such as Shiv Vihar, Gokul Puri, Maujpur, Jaffrabad etc. In the future, this stretch will get connected with the presently operational Majlis Park – Lajpat Nagar section of Pink Line. The residents of the neighbouring Ghaziabad areas of Uttar Pradesh will also get immensely benefitted. The Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar Corridor is crossing the existing Vaishali- Dwarka elevated line 21 metres above the ground and is 10 metres above the existing Metro line.
With the opening of this section, the Delhi Metro network has now become 314 kilometres long with 229 Metro stations. All the major corridors under Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 are expected to be opened for passengers by the end of the year.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Hardeep Puri said that with this expansion, the Delhi Metro has become member of an elite club of large metros which have such a mammoth network of over 300 km long route and added that in coming months it will also breach the 350 kilometre mark and more and more people of the entire National Capital Region will be benefitted. He said, Delhi Metro is indeed scripting history as it has added 80 kilometres of new sections in the year 2018. The Minister appreciated Delhi government’s assurance for clearing the hurdles for commencement of Delhi Metro Phase-IV project of 103.93 km length. He said, clean and green public transport system is essential to combat air-pollution, decongest the city and providing a dependable mobility platform to people. He said, in the coming months also, a lot of expansion is going to happen in the NCR cities as new sections will open in NOIDA, Greater NOIDA, Ghaziabad and Ballabhgarh.
Other Regional Rapid Transit System  projects being planned include the 82.15 km. Delhi to Meerut corridor; Delhi- Panipat  and Delhi- Alwar .
Ministry of Defence
Defence Secretary holds talks with several defence delegations at Aero India 2023
Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane met a number of defence delegations on the sidelines of Aero India 2023 at Bengaluru on 14 February 2023.
A bilateral meeting was held with UAE delegation led by Mr Matar Salem Ali Marran Aldhaheri, Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence, UAE. They discussed a number of ongoing defence cooperation issues and expressed satisfaction at the regular military engagements.
Defence Secretary met a Myanmar delegation led by Lt Gen Kan Myint Than, Chief of Defence Industries. The ongoing defence cooperation issues were discussed.
A bilateral meeting was held with Brazil. The Brazilian delegation was led by Maj Brig Rui Chagas Mesquita, Head of Secretariat for Defence Production. They discussed a number of defence industrial cooperation issues and the possibilities for further cooperation.
Defence Secretary met a Cambodia delegation led by Gen Yun Min, Secretary of State, Ministry of National Defence. They reviewed the current cooperation between the two countries and discussed ways to enhance the defence cooperation.
A bilateral meeting was organized with Ms Katerina Gramatikova, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria with Defence Secretary. Issues related to defence industrial cooperation were discussed.
A Mauritius delegation led by Mr Kechan Balgobin, Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of Mauritius met Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane. They considered the ongoing and future defence cooperation matters and exchanged views on important issues.
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Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Tourism invites feedback on the draft National Strategy and Roadmap for promotion of MICE Industry in India
Suggestions may be forwarded to the Ministry on or before 30th June, 2021
MICE is an acronym for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions. MICE is one of the important segments of business tourism, which also overlaps with leisure tourism. It is one of the fast-growing segments and brings several advantages to the country. Despite having huge potential, India’s position is relatively low with just about 1% of global MICE business. On the other hand, India has a huge outbound MICE market and growing significantly.
Ministry of Tourism has recognized the immense potential of MICE and has been actively working on promotion and development of this niche area of tourism. The Ministry of Tourism had accordingly formulated a Draft National Strategy and Roadmap for Promotion of MICE Industry in India, which can be accessed from the following link also available on Ministry of Tourism’s website https://tourism.gov.in/ under “what’s new” section.
https://tourism.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-06/Draft%20Strategy%20for%20MICE%20tourism%20June%2012.pdf
Before proceeding to finalize the draft strategy document and to make the document more comprehensive, Ministry of Tourism has invited feedback/comments/suggestions on the draft National Strategy and Roadmap. The comments may be forwarded to the Ministry of Tourism on or before 30th June, 2021 at e-mail IDs : js.tourism[at]gov[dot]in, bibhuti.dash72[at]gov[dot]in, prakash.om50[at]nic[dot]in.
Ministry of Steel
SAIL posts 7% growth in Crude Steel production, Records 2.7% growth in sales
Steel Authority of India Limited  reported a growth of 7% in its crude steel production during November’20  over CPLY . The production in its 05 Integrated Steel Plants  stood at 1.402 Million Tonnes  in Nov’20 as against 1.303 MT during November 19.
On the sales front as well, the Company continued with its stellar performance from previous months recording 1.39 MT during November 20. The sustained month on month improvement has ensured a growth of 2.7% in cumulative sales for the period April-Nov 2020 despite the challenges posed by COVID19 in the initial months of the Financial Year which had seen considerable reduction in demand and build-up of inventory due to the lockdown.
Commenting on the performance, Shri Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman, SAIL said, “The performance during November 2020 is reflective of the continuous efforts being put in by the SAIL Collective to bounce back to pre-COVID levels coupled with the improvement in market conditions. With the focus on seizing the opportunity provided by the current buoyancy in the market, SAIL has taken a number of initiatives towards increasing its sales in both domestic as well as exports market. This has helped the Company in bringing down the inventory levels as well as deleveraging its balance sheet to a large extent”. He also stated thatthe Company is confident of further consolidating its position in the market in the times to come.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Minister of Home Affairs Shri Amit Shah to inaugurate SCO Joint Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue Exercise -2019
Union Minister of Home Affairs Shri Amit Shah will inaugurate the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue  on 04th November, 2019 at 1500 Hrs at Dr. Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai will be the chief guest for closing ceremony scheduled for 07th November, 2019.
On the initiative of Government of India, the National Disaster Response Force  is hosting “Shanghai Cooperation Organization  Joint Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue Exercise -2019” of all 08 SCO member countries, with the aim to rehearse the disaster response mechanism, share knowledge, experience, technology & also for mutual coordination, etc. This exercise shall also provide an opportunity to enhance the coordination & co-operation involving multi-agency operations in an earthquake scenario.
The four day long simulation exercise shall be held from 4-7 November, 2019 at Delhi. The participants of all 08 member countries namely China, India, Kazakhastan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan shall be participating in this exercise.
The four day long simulation exercise shall be conducted as per the International Search & Rescue Advisory Group  methodology & guidelines. There will be a Joint Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue Exercise for Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states followed by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization experts meeting of Ministries responsible for Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situation. During the exercise, role & responsibility of Urban Search & Rescue  at National & International Level, Emergency Medical Team , Humanitarian System/The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination /Emergency Response & Assessment Team , On-Site Operations Coordination Centre , Establishment of Emergency Operation Centre /Integrated Command Post /Response Cluster, Local Emergency Management Authority  & Cluster Meetings, Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination  will be discussed and practiced among the representatives from all 8 member nations.
The main focus of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue  shall be to test the region’s preparedness and resilience towards effective activation of Inter- governmental interaction for immediate response.
Besides above, representatives from International Search & Rescue Advisory Group , Asian Coordination Centre for Humanitarian Assistance , Brazil, Mongolia, South Africa have been invited as observers. Representatives from the embassies of all SCO member nations, heads of State Disaster Response Force  and representatives of other stakeholders shall also be participating in this exercise.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Monsoon 2019 : Update on Rescue Operations till 1800 Hrs today
NDRF Deploy 124 teams across the country, evacuated nearly 11,800 people
124 teams of NDRF have been deployed in the various parts of the country to respond to any type of disaster emergency be it natural or man-made. In view of monsoon season and as a part of proactive measures, 84 teams have been pre-positioned in 23 states at 71 locations as per the flood vulnerability profile of the states, whereas 40 teams are permanently deployed in 27 Regional Response Centers  for prompt response to any eventuality.
NDRF teams deployed in Assam & Bihar are continually engaged in assisting the state administration in relief and rescue operations. Today, NDRF teams carried out rescue operation at Morigaon  and evacuated 65 marooned people to safer places. Besides, teams deployed in Distt. Darbahnga & Motihaari in Bihar also conducted the evacuation operation and evacuated 31 stranded people. NDRF teams are also assisting the state administration in distribution of relief materials and providing the medical aid to the needy people.
So far, NDRF teams have evacuated nearly 11,800 people in various flood prone areas of the country during this monsoon season. In addition to rescue work, NDRF teams have provided medical care to more than 2400 peoples in various states.
The NDRF is continuously monitoring the situation and in constant touch with the Central Water Commission  and Indian meteorological department , for further deployment in case of emergency. A 24x7, NDRF control room in Delhi is closely monitoring the situation and in touch with other agencies.
Special Service and Features
FCI Tuticorin division handles 590 rakes to an quantity of 12.56 LMT during FY 2021-22 to 2022-23 till date
Tamil Nadu is a deficit state in Rice/Wheat Procurement and in order to meet out the deficit, Rice/Wheat is received from Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh , Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Odisha through Rail/Road fed . From 2021-22 to 2022-23 till date , approx. 590 rakes were handled to an quantity of 12.56 LMT by this division.
The Govt of India had allocated 1121 LMTs of Rice and Wheat under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana scheme  and Tuticorin Division from March 2020 has issued 12.46 LMT of rice and 0.67 LMT of wheat under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to 1.85 Crore beneficiaries of FCI Tuticorin Division.
The details of scheme wise issues of Ramanathapuram District to Public Distribution System is as under from April 2020 to till date :
• Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana Scheme – 94,963 Metric Tonnes of Rice and 785 Metric Tonnes of Wheat.
• NFSA and Other Welfare Schemes – 33,975 Metric Tonnes of Rice and 4,955 Metric Tonnes of Wheat.
Initiatives:
Depot Online System[DOS] was implemented which captures end to end operations at FCI depots in real time data for transparency and paper less transactions. All the depots are registered with Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority . CCTV cameras are installed at all depots. All Bills are moved and tracked with help of Bill Tracking System  for enhanced accountability are some important initiatives of FCI Tuticorin division.
According to a Press Release issued by Divisional Manager FCI Divisional Office Tuticorin.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Consultation on Public Private Partnership in Digital Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Government of India in association with the World Economic Forum , India organised a one-day stakeholder consultation on Public Private Partnership in Digital Agriculture here today.
It was chaired by Shri Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare. Shri Ahuja referred to the Union Budget speech for 2022-23 which reads out a policy vision on “Delivery of digital and hi-tech services to farmers with involvement of public sector research and extension institutions along with private agritech player and stakeholders of agri value chain”.
Subsequently, Shri Rajeev Chawla, Chief Knowledge Officer  shared insights on the conceptual framework on Public Private Partnership for Digital Agriculture. He also shared pertinent points on data sharing, technology validation and need of a sandbox.
Shri Pramod Kumar Meherda, Joint Secretary  spoke about the perspective of digital agriculture involving modern technologies which are transforming the agriculture sector. He also stressed on the role of each stakeholder in realising the potential of digital agriculture.
From state perspective, Shri Ajit Kesari, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh also shared his views on digital agriculture and its potential stressing the need for a framework for bringing technology into Agriculture.
Taking the session forward, Shri Purushottam Kaushik, Head, C4IR, WEF-India laid out the plan for stakeholder consultation. Six consultation groups were formed to deliberate on PPP Governance, Data, Sandbox, Access to Markets, Access to Finance and Access to Inputs and Advisories.
The consultation was attended by more than 140 participants from diverse stakeholders including different state governments, state agriculture universities, ICAR, agritech start-ups, agri industry, banks, think tank, civil society, and farmer organisations.
Shri J. Satyanarayana, Chief Advisor, WEF-India and Shri Rajeev Chawla provided insights on how inputs from the consultation will be further deliberated to develop this initiative. The consultation ended with vote of thanks by Shri Rakesh Kumari Tiwari, ITS, Director .
Ministry of Women and Child Development
WCD SCHEMES FOR TRIBAL AREAS
To ensure better monitoring and efficient implementation, all the schemes being implemented by the Ministry for women and children in the country, including tribal areas and aspirational districts of Madhya Pradesh, have been clubbed into three verticals, viz.  SakshamAnganwadi&Poshan 2.0  Mission Shakti and  Mission Vatsalya. The details of these schemes are as under:
 SakshamAnganwadi&Poshan 2.0: This programme has been reorganized into 3 primary verticals:  Nutrition Support for POSHAN and for Adolescent Girls  Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and  Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded SakshamAnganwadis.
 Mission Shakti: Mission Shakti comprises of two sub-schemes ‘Sambal’ and ‘Samarthya’ for safety and security of women and empowerment of women respectively. The existing schemes of One Stop Centres , Women Helplines  and BetiBachaoBetiPadhao  have been made part of Sambal sub- scheme; while the existing schemes of Pradhan MantriMatruVandanaYojana , Ujjwala, SwadharGreh and Working Women Hostel and National Creche Scheme have been subsumed in ‘Samarthya’.
Mission Vatsalya: Under Mission Vatsalya, the Child Protection Scheme has been strengthened for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a mission mode with the objective to: Support and sustain Children in difficult circumstances.  Develop context-based solutions for holistic development of children from varied backgrounds.  Provide scope for green field projects for encouraging innovative solutions.  Cement convergent action by gap funding, if required.
 From 1st October, 2018, Government of India has enhanced the honorarium of AWWs at main-AWCs from Rs.3,000/- to Rs.4,500/- per month; AWWs at mini- AWCs from Rs.2,250/- to Rs.3,500/- per month; AWHs from Rs.1,500/- to Rs.2,250/- per month; and introduced performance linked incentive of Rs.250/- per month to AWHs and Rs.500 to AWWs. In addition, States/UTs are also paying additional monetary incentives/honorarium to these functionaries from their own resources which vary from State to State.
This information was given by the MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT, SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.